The fact the Boks produced their best performance of the last few months on Saturday is remarkable.
The Springboks, who've been in a bio-secure bubble for weeks, face the All Blacks in their final Rugby Championship match this Saturday, before returning home. Picture: Chris Hyde/Getty Images
For so many sporting fans in South Africa – and there are many – happiness is dependent on what our national teams do on the sports fields around the world and the Boks especially have a huge role to play in this matter.The margins between winning and losing at the top level are tiny – as we’ve seen in the last few weeks.
They were under huge pressure going into the match and at one stage it looked as if they were losing the little battles.We forget the Boks didn’t play a Test in 2020 because of Covid, we forget they have been in a bio-secure bubble since late May and yet they have beaten the British and Irish Lions, with no fans in the stands, and they have pushed Australia and New Zealand all the way on foreign soil.
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